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The Taking of
Luke McVane

(1915)

 

This short western, directed by William S. Hart, stars Hart and Enid Markey, Clifford Smith, S.C. Smith and Ernest Swallow.

coverAlpha Video
2015 DVD edition

The Whistle (1921), black & white, 59 minutes, not rated,
with The Taking of Luke McVane (1915), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7709D, UPC 0-89218-77099-8.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 6 October 2015.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good 16mm reduction print. The source print is constrasty in places and there is the usual amount of speckling and dust in the coarse video transfer.

The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.

 
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Other WILLIAM S. HART films available on home video.

Other WESTERN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.

William S. Hart filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List
 
 
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